MILITARY LEGACY OF WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND BEYOND
GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY
Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons
Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),
who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,
and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.
Copyright 2017 ~ info@perrycountykentuckymilitarylegacy.com ~ All Rights Reserved
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WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES
REMEMBER AND NAME, A - J
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WORLD WAR I, THE GREAT WAR TO END ALL WARS (1917-1918)
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IN 1918 THE WORLD WAS STRICKEN BY AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC.
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ADKINS
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ADKINS, HARRISON ‘HARRY’ (1888 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 November 1888 in Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Eugenia Welch and William M. Adkins.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MILITARY REGISTRATION CARD, 5 JUNE 1917: Harry Adkins, age 28 of Fort Gay, West Virginia, Born November 12, 1888 in Wayne County, West Virginia. ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 16 October 1918, France, Killed In Action, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3169523.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army. COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D, 165th Infantry, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS:
~ 31 July 1918, Outgoing Ship, REGINA, Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia. Harry Adkins, 3169523. Private, 25th Provisional Company, July Infantry Replacement Draft (White), Father, William M. Adkins of Fort Gay, West Virginia.
FINE CONDUCT UNDER FIRE, A THESIS BY DAVID G. FIVECOAT:
~ “The American First Army’s offensive at St. Mihiel from 12 to 16 September [1918] provided the 165th Infantry Regiment another hard test. Page 68.
~ “St. Mihiel remains the 165th Infantry Regiment’s most successful offensive operation.” Page 68.
~ “Near the French town of St. Georges, the 165th Infantry Regiment fought two engagements. … [first] the attempted penetration of the Kriemhilde Stellung from 14 to 16 October [1918] …”. Page 75. BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: ST. MIHIEL. ST. GEORGES.
DATE OF DEATH: 16 October 1918, France, Killed In Action, World War I.
BIG SANDY NEWS, LOUISA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918:
~ “Harry Adkins Falls In Battle.”
~ “A telegram was received Tuesday by Wm. (William) Adkins of Fort Gay, bringing the sad news of the death of his son, Harry, who was killed in action by the bloody Huns on the battlefield in France.”
~ “The fighting was very heavy in the American sectors in October and the dead and wounded are more numerous than in previous engagements. It is now said, that the great work done by the American boys last month, is what broke up the German defense plans.” Source: Findagrave. SOLDIERS OF THE GREAT WAR, VOLUME 3, WEST VIRGINIA. Harry Akdins of Fort Gay, Killed In Action.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: August 6, 1921, Ship U. S. A. T. WHEATON, sailed from Antwerp and arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on August 20, 1921. Harry Adkins, Private 3169523, Company B, 165th Infantry, Code No. 1232, Cable Ref. No. 362.
SECOND BURIAL AND CEMETERY: Fairview Cemetery, Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: SOURCES: Big Sandy News, Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky, November 22, 1918. Census. Findagrave. Fine Conduct Under Fire: The Tactical Effectiveness Of The 165th Infantry Regiment In The First World War By David G. Fivecoat, Maj., USA, Thesis, c. 1993, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, c. 2004; 294ldwar1.com. Soldiers Of The Great War By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c, 1920, Volume 3, West Virginia, page 409. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Births Index.
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BELLOMY
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SONS OF LULA BELLE PATTERSON AND CROCKETT OSCAR BELLOMY:
ALTON BELLOMY (1892 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
ALVA BELLOMY (1893 – 1954), U. S. ARMY, WOUNDED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WWI, DEATH BY SUICIDE.
ROBERT OSCAR BELLOMY (1890 – 1943), U. S. NAVY, WORLD WAR I, DEATH BY SUICIDE.
BELLOMY, ALTON (1892 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, BATTLE OF CROIX ROUGE FARM, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Orofino, Nez Perce County, Idaho, per the 1910 Census.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 June 1892 in Wayne County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Lula Belle Patterson and Crockett Oscar Bellomy.
GRANDPARENTS: Mary Frances Parks and George W. Bellomy.
BROTHER: Alva Bellomy (1893 – 1954), Wounded In Action, France, World War I, Death By Suicide.
BROTHER: Robert Oscar Bellomy (1896 – 1943), U. S. Navy, World War I, Death By Suicide.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION: 5 June 1917 in Orofino, Idaho.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 26 July 1918, Killed In Action in France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army. COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, AGAMEMNON:
~ Sailing February 27, 1918, Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, # 94, BELLOMY, ALVIE, Private, Company C, First Provisional Recuit Battalion, National Army, Father, Crockett Bellomy of Ceredo, West Virginia.
~ Sailing February 27, 1918, Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, # 95, BELLOMY, ALTON, Private, Company C, First Provisional Recruit Battalion, National Army, Father, Crockett Bellomy of Ceredo, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Battle of Croix Rouge Farm, July 26, 1918.
DATE OF DEATH: 26 July 1918 in France, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
OROFINO TRIBUNE, IDAHO, OCTOBER 18, 1918, WORLD WAR I, ALTON BELLOMY REPORTED KILLED: ~ “Alton Bellomy … well known in Orofino, as the family were residents of this place for several years.” Note: Based on family here say, unintentional wrong information was included in the article. For instance, it was incorrectly reported that Alton’s brother, Alvin (Alva) Bellomy was also killed in action.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGE, 1929: Wayne County, West Virginia:
~ Mrs. Crockett Bellomy of 1523 Glen Avenue, Kenova, West Virginia, mother of Alton Bellomy, Private Company M, 168th Infantry, Oise – Aisne Cemetary, Desires a Pilgrimage in 1930.
CEMETERY: Oise – Aisne American Cemetery And Memorial, Picadie, France.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Orofino Tribune, October 18, 1918, Alton Bellomy Reported Killed. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 3, West Virginia by W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, photograph on page 389, KIA on page 409. U. S. Adjutant General Military Records. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records for U. S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War I Mothers’ Pilgrimage, 1929. West Virginia Births Index. West Virginia Veterans Memorial. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.
BELLOMY, ALVA EDWARD ‘ALVIE’ (1893 – 1954), U. S. ARMY, WOUNDED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Orofino, Nez Perce County, Idaho, per the 1910 Census. Poplar Street, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia. 13th Street, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia. 1351 Wayne Avenue, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 October 1893 in Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Lula Belle Patterson and Crockett Oscar Bellomy.
GRANDPARENTS: Mary Frances Parks and George W. Bellomy.
BROTHER: Alton Bellomy (1892 – 1918) Killed In Action, France, World War I.
BROTHER: BROTHER: Robert Oscar Bellomy (1896 – 1943), U. S. Navy, World War I.
SPOUSE: Mabel Clara Gilkerson, first wife. Margureite Board, second wife.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS: Alvie Bellomy, age 23, of Orofino, Idaho, signed the card on June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 November 1917.
OROFINO TRIBUNE, IDAHO, OCTOBER 18, 1918, WORLD WAR I, ALTON BELLOMY REPORTED KILLED: ~ “Alton Bellomy … well known in Orofino, as the family were residents of this place for several years.” Note: Based on family here say, unintentional wrong information was included in the article. For instance, it was incorrectly reported that Alton’s brother, Alvin (Alva) Bellomy was also killed in action.
DISCHARGE DATE: 25 February 1919.
PENSION NUMBER: XC 283 632.
SERVICE NUMBER: 246606.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company M, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, AGAMEMNON:
~ Sailing February 27, 1918, Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, # 94, BELLOMY, ALVIE, Private, Company C, First Provisional Recuit Battalion, National Army, Father, Crockett Bellomy of Ceredo, West Virginia.
~ Sailing February 27, 1918, Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, # 95, BELLOMY, ALTON, Private, Company C, First Provisional Recruit Battalion, National Army, Father, Crockett Bellomy of Ceredo, West Virginia.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, U. S. S. PRINCESS MATOIKA:
~ Sailed January 30, 1919 from St. Nazarie, France. Private Alvie Bellomy, 246606, 168th Infantry, Father, C. O. Bellomy of Kenova, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
WORLD WAR II MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942: Alvie Edward Bellomy, born ins Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, residence, 1351 Wayne Avenue, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, signed on 27 April 1942.
DATE OF DEATH: 10 July 1954, Wayne County, West Virginia.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Perforating Bullet Wounds, Suicide.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FORM FOR MILITARY VETERANS:
~ Private Alvie Edward Bellomy, Born October 4, 1893, Died July 10, 1954, Enlisted November 2, 1917, Discharged February 25, 1919, Company M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division, U. S. Army, World War I, Pension XC 283 632, State West Virginia, Hatten Cemetery, Prichard, West Virginia, Purple Heart Medal.
STATUS: Wounded In Action.
CEMETERY: Crescent Hill Cemetery listed on West Virginia Certificate of Death. Henry Hatten Cemetery, Prichard, Wayne County, West Virginia listed on Findagrave.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Purple Heart Medal.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Orofino Tribune, October 18, 1918, Alton Bellomy Reported Killed. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passnger Lists. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. West Virginia Certificate of Death.
BELLOMY, ROBERT OSCAR (1890 – 1943), U. S. NAVY, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Orofino, Nez Perce County, Idaho, per the 1910 Census. Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky. Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 July 1890 in Ceredo, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Lula Belle Patterson and Crockett Oscar Bellomy.
GRANDPARENTS: Mary Frances Parks and George W. Bellomy.
BROTHER: Alton Bellomy (1892 – 1918) Killed In Action, France, World War I.
BROTHER: Alva Bellomy (1893 – 1954), Wounded In Action, France, World War I.
SPOUSE: Mary Alice Patterson, Robert’s first wife. They divorced, and Mary married James Gibeau. Gertrude Connley, second wife of Robert, wed 1935.
SON: Everett Bellomy, born about 1923, son of Mary Alice Patterson and Robert Oscar Bellomy.
OCCUPATION: Barber.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD, SIGNED 9 JANUARY 1918: Robert Oscar Bellomy, age 27 of Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, born July 5, 1890 in Ceredo. Previous military service? Yes, U. S. Navy, Engineers for seven months.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Seattle, Washington.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1 June 1917.
DISCHARGE DATE: 4 January 1918 in New York City, Honorable. Reason, Medical Surgery, removal of gall bladder.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1251424.
PENSION NUMBER; XC 1 098 146.
RANK: Fireman Second Class, Engineers for seven months, U. S. Navy.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Navy.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Fireman Second Class, Engineers, U. S. Navy.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
U. S. WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS SIGNED 27 APRIL 1942: Robert Oscar Bellomy, age 51, of Ethel, Logan County, West Virginia, Born July 5, 1890 in Ceredo, West Virginia, Kin, Gertrude Bellomy of Ethel, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. NATIONAL HOMES FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS, DAYTON, OHIO:
~ # 74765, Robert O. Bellomy, Enlisted June 1, 1917 at Seattle, Washington, U. S. Navy, Discharged January 4, 1918 in New York City. Reason for Discharge, Medical Surgery, removal of gall bladder.
~ Admitted December 1932. Discharged May 8, 1933 due to O. R. Born West Virginia, Barter, Divorced. Brother, Alvie Bellomy of Kenova, West Virginia.
DATE OF DEATH: 31 March 1943, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia. CAUSE OF DEATH: Strychnine Poisoning, Suicide.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FOR MILITARY VETERANS: Robert Oscar Bellomy, Enlisted June 1, 1917, Honorably Discharged January 4, 1918, Serial Number 1251424, Fireman 2nd class, U. S. Navy, Died 1943.
CEMETERY: Cresent Cemetery, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia AKA Brown’s Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Headstone Application For Military Veterans. U. S. National Homes For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards. West Virginia Certificate of Death, Wayne County. West Virginia, Marriages Index.
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BRADSHAW
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BRADSHAW, VAN B. (1894 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 August 1894 in Wayne County, West Virginia on Birth Record; born 1895 on a few later documents.
PARENTS: Nancy Adkins and Hiram Bradshaw.
GRANDPARENTS: Phoebe Wooton and Maxwell Bradshaw.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Jane Castle and Thomas Alfred Wooton.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Phoebe Worth and Silas Pennix Wooton, an American Revolutionary War Soldier.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Shane and Jacob Castle II.
FOURTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Jacob Castle I and Sowege Gliding Swan Pekowi of the Shawnee Tribe.
FIFTH-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Op Den Graeff and Peter Cassel.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 21 September 1917.
DISCHARGE DATE: 4 October 1918, Died of Battle Wounds, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1837316.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army Infantry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company F, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th ‘Blue Ridge Doughboys’ Division, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
~ “September 26, 1918, the 80th Division went into action in the MEUSE – ARGONNE OFFENSIVE.”
~ “The 318th Infantry .. on September 29 was sent to support the 8th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Division, fighting with the 4th until the 3rd of October...”
~ “The 318th was in action as part of the 4th Division and 80th Division from September 29 until the night of October 6/7, when it was released.”
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LIST, SHIP, LEVIATHAN:
~ May 22, 1918, Ship, LEVIATHAN Sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, Private Van Bradshaw, 1837316, Father, Hiram Bradshaw of Wayne, West Virginia.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FOR MILITARY VETERANS:
“VAN BRADSHAW, Private, 1837316, State of West Virginia, Born August 10, 1895, Died October 4, 1918, while in military service in France; Enlisted September 21, 1917; ship the headstone to Henry Adkins of Huntington, West Virginia; Adkins Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia; Signed on June 4, 1952; Remarks, “Died From Wounds Received In Action.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Meuse – Argonne Offensive, France, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 October 1918, Died of Wounds, Received In Action, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died of Battle Wounds. FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes. Headstone Application was signed June 4, 1952.
SECOND BURIAL, CEMETERY: Stanford Adkins Cemetery, Crockett, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Shawnee Heritage Shawnee Genealogy And Family History By Don Greene and Noel Schutz, c. 2008. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920. Summary History Of The 318th Infantry Regiment, Blue Ridge Doughboys; 80thaef.com. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger List, 1910 – 1939. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans, 1925 – 1963. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 – 1918. West Virginia Birth Index. West Virginia Memory Project; archive.wvculture.org.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s second-cousin-twice-removed, Van B. Bradshaw on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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CRUM
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CRUM, WILLIAM JR. (1890 – 1918), U. S. MARINE, KILLED IN ACTION, THE CHAMPAGNE SECTOR, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
NOTE: William Crum, Jr. (1890 – 1918) was actually NOT A JUNIOR, but he was listed as such on certain military documents. After the death of his parents, which occurred before the 1900 Census was taken, he lived with his paternal uncle, William Crum, Jr., who was born in June 1854.
HOMETOWN: Crum, Wayne County, West Virginia, U. S. A.
OTHER RESIDENCE, MUSTER ROLL, PRE-WORLD WAR I:
~ October 1914, Private William Crum, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
~ August 1916, Private William Crum, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, 33rd Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Vallejo, California.
DATE OF BIRTH: November 1890, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Louisa Brown and Frederick Crum, who were deceased before the 1900 Census was taken.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Pack and William C. Crum, Sr.
UNCLE: William C. Crum, Jr., (born June 1854), married Visa Brown and was the brother of Frederick Crum. Visa was the sister of Louisa Brown.
1900 CENSUS: William Crum (1890 - 1918) was living in the household of his uncle, William C. Crum, Jr. (born June 1854) and his wife, Visa.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 June 1913.
RE-ENLISTMENT DATE: 4 June 1917.
WORLD WAR I, ACTIVATED: 14 August 1917 at Quantico, Virginia.
WORLD WAR I, DEPLOYED, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 1917: Destination, France.
DISCHARGE DATE: 5 October 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 87839.
RANK: Private. Corporal. Sergeant. Gunnery Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Marine Corps.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps, Assigned to the 4th Brigade, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I. ~ August 1917, Corporal William Crum, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, 60th Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, New York.
~ October 1917, Sergeant William Crum, Junior, Station: 104th Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, Mb, Quantico, Virginia.
~ February 1918, Gunnery Sergeant William Crum, Junior,111th Company, Eighth Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps.
~ July 1918, Gunnery Sergeant William Crum, Jr., 150th Company, 1st Machine Gun Replacement Battalion, Transferred to the 3rd Corps Replacement Battalion.
~ August 1918, Gunnery Sergeant William Crum, Jr., 87839, Transferred from Machine Gun Replacement Battalion Station; Attached to Headquarters Company, Sixth Regiment.
~ October 1918, William Crum, Jr., 87839, Enlisted 4 June 1917, Killed In Action at Champagne Sector French Front, France, place of burial unknown, Death was in the line of duty and not a result of his own misconduct. Awarded Character Excellant. Station 73rd Machine Gun Company, 6th Regiment.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Aisne Aisne – Marne St. Mihiel Meuse – Argonne.
DATE OF DEATH: 5 October 1918 at Champagne Sector, French Front, France, Killed In Action, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes.
CEMETERY: Crum Cemetery, Crum, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: Character Excellant Award.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. History Of The Third Battalion, Sixth Regiment, U. S. Marines Compiled From The Official Records Kept By The Battalion Historian, c. 1919. Marines; 6thmarines.mil. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 3, West Virginia Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, page 409. U. S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls. Wayne County, West Virginia World War I Archives; usgwarchives.net.
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DAMRON
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DAMRON, WILLIAM HENRY ‘BILLIE’ (1894 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, CLERY DE LA MEUSE, LORRAINE, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Dunlow, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Lincoln, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: March 1894 in West Virginia on the 1900 Census. Born September 20, 1894 on his World War I Military Draft Registration Card.
PARENTS: Lydia Margaret Herald and James Mattison ‘Matt’ Damron.
SPOUSE: Oma M. Marcum, who was the third-great-granddaughter of Isabelle Thompson and Alden Williamson, an American Revolutionary War Soldier. Oma was the third-great-granddaughter of Thomas Wiley, an American Revolutionary War Soldier and Virginia Jean “Jenny” Sellards, who had a Kentucky State Park named in her honor in 1954. William and Oma married in 1917 in Wayne County, West Virginia.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: William H. Damron, age 22 of Dunlow, Wayne County, West Virginia, married, employed by Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, signed on June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 4 November 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
U. S. TRANSPORT SERVICE ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP REGINA DE ITALIA:
~ Outgoing on July 31, 1918, Sailing from Newport News, Virginia, Private William H Damron, Father, Matt Damron of R. F. D. No. 1, Dunlow, West Virginia.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3169525.
RANK: Private
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 25th Provisional Company July Infantry Replacement Draft (White), on board the ship, REGINA DE ITALIA. Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry ‘Red Diamond’ Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: European Theatre. American Expeditionary Force. World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 4 November 1918, Killed In Action, Clery de la Meuse, Lorraine, France, World War I.
WORLD WAR I ENDED ON 11TH NOVEMBER 1918.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
CEMETERY: Meuse – Argonne American Cemetery, France. Plot G, Row 29, Grave 39.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGE, 1929, WEST VIRGINIA, WAYNE COUNTY: Mrs. Matt Damron, RFD, #1, Box 13, Dunlow, Mother of Private William H. Damron, Company E, 6th Infantry, Meuse – Argonne Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission. Appalachia Crossroads, Volume I, Descendants of Hezekiah Sellards by Clayton R. Cox, 1977. Census. Findagrave. U. S. Headstone and Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil. U. S. Transport Service Arriving And Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939. U. S. World War I Mothers’ Pilgrimage, 1929. West Virginia Marriage Index. West Virginia Memory Project. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. World War I Honor Roll. WWI, WWII And Korean Casualty Listings.
NOTE: I placed William Henry Damron on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-cousin-twice-removed, Oma M. Marcum on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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DANIEL
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THOMAS JEFFERSON DANIEL, SR. (1888 - 1957), U. S. ARMY GUARDS, WORLD WAR I.
HIS SON,
THOMAS JEFFERSON DANIEL, JR (1918 - 1944), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II.
DANIEL, THOMAS JEFFERSON, SR. (1888 – 1957), U. S. ARMY GUARDS, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Webbville, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Normal Settlement Street, Normal, Boyd County, Kentucky. Hicksville, Graves County, Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1888 on the 1900 Census. Born in Webbville, Lawrence County, Kentucky. On most other documents, he was born in 1889.
PARENTS: Mary A. Sawyers and Andrew Daniel.
SPOUSE: Selena Gilliam / Gillum.
SON: Thomas Jefferson Daniel, Jr. (1918 - 1944), U. S. Army, Died of Wounds, France, World War II.
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Signed 5 June 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 27 May 1918.
DISCHARGE DATE: 24 December 1918.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3 098 243.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company C, 35th Battalion, United States Guards, U. S. Army, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: World War I.
WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Signed 29 April 1942.
LOSS OF SON, 1 DECEMBER 1944, FRANCE, WORLD WAR II. Thomas Jefferson, Jr., Died of Wounds, World War II.
DATE OF DEATH: 14 December 1957, Veterans Administration Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia.
CEMETERY: Lycans Cemetery AKA Peck Cemetery, Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FORM SIGNED: May 1, 1959 by Margie Daniel.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. West Virginia Certificate of Death. World War I Draft Registration Card, 1917 – 1918. World War II Draft Registration Card.
NOTE: On Findagrave, Photographs, of Sergeant Thomas Daniel, Sr.’s Headstone, prove that only a small portion of his broken, military stone remains.
~ Readable: THOMAS J DANIEL, KENTUCKY, 35 BN US GUARDS, WORLD WAR I.
~ Rectification must be considered by all, who honor military sacrifices. Faye Francis, added the photographs on 12Sept 2015.
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DAVIS
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SONS OF AMERICA EASTER NUNLEY AND ALVION VENTON DAVIS:
ARNO DAVIS (1891 – 1960), U. S. ARMY, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I
ROY DAVIS (1889 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
DAVIS, ARNO (1891 – 1960), U. S. ARMY, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: 1312 Fifteenth Street, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 March 1891 in Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: America Easter Nunley and Albion Venton ‘Alvin’ Davis.
LOSS OF HIS MOTHER, AMERICA EASTER: 24 May 1899. Arno was 8 years old.
GRANDPARENTS: Josephine Miller and Daniel Wesley Davis.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Jane Odell and Benjamin Franklin Nunley.
BROTHER: Roy Davis (1889 – 1918), U. S. Army, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SPOUSE: Daisy Martha Childers.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Arno Davis, age 26, resides 1928 11th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia, signed June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 2 April 1918.
DISCHARGE DATE: 11 June 1919.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2472081.
RANK: Private First Class.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company C, 305th Engineers, 80th Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGER LISTS:
~ Outgoing Ship, HURON, sailed from Newport News, Virginia, Private Arno Davis, 2472081, Company C, 305th Engineers, 80th Division, Father, Albert V. Davis of R. F. D. #1, Lavalette, West Virginia.
~ Incoming Ship, U. S. S. TROY, sailed on May 22, 1919 from Brest, France; arrived Hoboken, New Jersey on June 3, 1919. Private First Class, Arno Davis, 2472081, Company C, 305th Engineers, Camp Dix, Father, Albert V. Davis of R. F. D. 1, Lavalette, West Virginia. Signed by Edward M. Stuart, Captain of Company C, 305 th Engineers.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD, 1942: Arno Davis, age 51, signed April 27, 1942, Kin, Mrs. Dorsey Davis.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 June 1960.
U. S. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FORM FOR MILITARY VETERANS: Private Arno Davis, 2472081, Company C, 305th Engineers, 80 th Division, World War I, Signed by Mrs. Arno Davis of Huntington, West Virginia on June 13, 1960 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
STATUS: World War I Veteran.
CEMETERY: Woodmere Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. Headstone Applications For Military Veterans. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. West Virginia Deaths Index.
DAVIS, ROY (1889 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Stonewall and Union in Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 March 1889 in Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: America Easter Nunley and Albion Venton ‘Alvin’ Davis, married March 7, 1888 in Wayne County, Virginia.
LOSS OF HIS MOTHER, AMERICA EASTER: 24 May 1899. Roy was 10 years old.
GRANDPARENTS: Josephine Miller and Daniel Wesley Davis.
GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth Jane Odell and Benjamin Franklin Nunley.
U. S. WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION: Roy Davis, age 28, resides RFD 1, Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia. Signed on June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 15 September 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 3169529.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 25th Provisional Company, July Infantry Replacement Draft (White), U. S. Army, World War I on Transport Troop Ship, REGINA. Company L, 188th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, PASSENGERS LISTS, SHIP, REGINA DE ITALIA:
~ Outgoing Ship, REGINA DE ITALIA, sailing July 31, 1918 from Newport News, Virginia, Private Roy Davis, 3169529, 25th Provisional Company July Infantry Replacement Draft (White), Father, Alvin V. Davis of Lavalette, Wayne County, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: France, World War I. DATE OF DEATH: 15 September 1918, Killed In Action, France, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action.
CEMETERY: Saint Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France. Grave 5, Plot D, Row 19.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: American Battle Monuments Commission; abmc.gov. Census. Findagrave. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 3, West Virginia Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, page 409. U. S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Birth Index. West Virginia Memory Project. West Virginia Vital Research Records; wvculture.org. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.
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DEAN
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DEAN, SOLOMON EMERY (1884 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, THE BATTLE OF CANTIGNY, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Butler, Wayne County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 September 1884 at Fort Gay, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Emaline ‘Emma’ Riggs and William Dean.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 28 May 1918, Killed In Action, Battle of Cantigny, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 58676.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company L, Company M, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE, TROOP PASSENGER LISTS:
~ 14 June 1917, Outgoing Ship, TENADORES sailed from New York, New York. Private Emery Dean, Company L, 28th Infantry. Authority. Depot Quartermaster, New York. ~ 5 July 1921, Incoming Troop Ship, SOMME, sailed from Port Office, Antwerp, Belgium to Q. M. Gen., Hoboken, New Jersey. Private Emery Dean, 58676, Company M, 28th Infantry, Cemetery # 367. BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Battle of Cantigny. France.
BATTLE OF CANTIGNY, FRANCE, 28 MAY 1918:
~ “On 28 May 1918, the 28th Infantry Regiment of the U. S. 1 Division attacked a German – held French village called Cantigny some seventy miles north of Paris …”
~ “The Battle of Cantigny was America’s first significant battle, and first offensive, of World War I."
Source: The Battle of Cantigny And The Dawn Of The Modern American Army by Paul Herbert. On Point, Spring 2008, pages 5 – 13.
DATE OF DEATH: 28 May 1918, Killed In Action, Battle of Cantigny, France, World War I.
STATUS: Killed In Action, Battle of Cantigny, Cantigny, France, World War I.
FIRST BURIAL:
REPATRIATED: Yes.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company M, 28th Infantry, U. S. Army, World War I.
CEMETERY: Dean Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS: SOURCES: Census. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 3, West Virginia Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, page 409. The Battle of Cantigny And The Dawn Of The Modern American Army by Paul Herbert; On Point, Spring 2008, pages 5 - 13; worldwar1.com. U. S. Army Transport Service Passenger Lists, 1910-1939. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.
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FERGUSON
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FERGUSON, CHARLES WALKER II (1892 – 1976), U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Union, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Marshall College. Ann Arbor, University Michigan.
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 December 1892 in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Fannie P. Ferguson and Lucian B. Ferguson.
~ Fannie, daughter of Lourissa Ratliff and Samuel J. Ferguson (1832 – 1903).
~ Lucian, son of Martha Jane Smith and Charles Walker Ferguson, I.
GRANDPARENTS: Lourissa Ratliff and Samuel J. Ferguson (1832 – 1903), who was one of seven brothers, who served in the Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
THE SEVEN FERGUSON BROTHERS, WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR:
~ William Ferguson (1824 – ), Prisoner of War Survivor, American Civil War.
~ John Ferguson (1829 – 1863), Killed In Action at the Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War.
~ Samuel J. Ferguson (1832 – 1903), Survivor, Civil War.
~ Wade Ferguson (1833 – 1925), Survivor, American Civil War.
~ Harvey Ferguson (1838 – 1864), Died in a Military Hospital, American Civil War.
~ James M. Ferguson, Jr. (1840 - ), Survivor, American Civil War.
~ Wayne P. Ferguson (1844 – 1917), Prisoner of War Survivor, American Civil War.
GRANDPARENTS: Martha Jane Smith and Charles Walker Ferguson, I.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Walker and Milton Jameson Ferguson.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Sarah Stokes and William Leonard Ferguson.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Mary Jameson and Samuel Ferguson, American Revolutionary War Soldier.
SPOUSE: Shirley Burgess, married in November 1919 in Wayne County, West Virginia. Shirley was the daughter of Eria Garrett and J. B. Burgess.
DAUGHTER: Dorothy Ferguson.
SON: Charles Walker Ferguson, III (1920 – 1995), a Judge, married Phyllis Jean Shumaker.
GRANDSON: Charles Walker Ferguson, IV (1953 – 2013).
GRADUATE OF MARSHALL COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR WITH A DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF ARTS AND A DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAW.
OCCUPATION: Prosecuting Attorney, Judge, Circuit Court, Wayne County, West Virginia, Government Worker.
U. S. WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917 – 1918: Signed June 5, 1917.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: May 1918.
DISCHARGE DATE: December 1918.
SERVICE NUMBER:
RANK: Second Lieutenant. BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: U. S. Army, World War I.
~ “Enlisted May 1918, stationed at Officers’ Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Field Artillery.”
~ “Six months at Camp Lee in Virginia.”
~ “An Instructor of The Officers Central Training Camp at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, where he remained until the close of the War.”
~ “Discharged December 1918.”
~ Source: History of West Virginia, Old And New.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Theatre.
U. S. WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942: Signed on April 27, 1942.
DATE OF DEATH: 1 May 1976.
CEMETERY: Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. History of West Virginia, Old And New, And West Virginia Biography, Volume 1, 2, 3 By James Morton Callahan, c. 1923. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. West Virginia Births Index. West Virginia Marriages Index.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-cousin-twice-removed, Charles Walker Ferguson on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
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JACKSON
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SONS OF MARTHA WORKMAN AND HENRY STONEWALL JACKSON:
ALBERT GALLATIN JACKSON (1893 – 1958), U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I.
OTTUS DAVIS JACKSON (1891 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF DISEASE, PNEUMONIA, WORLD WAR I.
JACKSON, ALBERT GALLATIN (1893 – 1958), U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Twelve Pole Road, Butler, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: 49 South Princeton Avenue, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 December 1893 in Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Martha Ann Workman and Henry Stonewall Jackson.
GRANDPARENTS: Rebecca Davis and Henry Asbury Jackson.
GRANDPARENTS: Rebecca Bowen and Joseph Workman.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Osborn and Joseph Pleasant Workman.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Lucinda Lambert and Achilles M. C. Davis.
BROTHER: Ottus Davis Jackson (1891 – 1918), U. S. Army, Died of Disease, Pneumonia, World War I.
SPOUSE: Ora Lee Preston.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 9 April 1917.
DISCHARGE DATE: 11 June 1919.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1559855.
RANK: Corporal. Sergeant.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company H, 309th Infantry, 78th Division, U. S. Army, World War I. Company I, 150th Infantry, 38th Division, U. S. Army, World War I.
U. S. ARMY MILITARY TRANSPORT SHIP, WORLD WAR I,
~ Incoming Ship, CHARLES, Sailing October 1918 from port, Hoboken, New Jersey, Sergeant Albert G. Jackson, 1559855, Company I, 150th Infantry, 38th Division, Father, Henry S. Jackson of Wayne County, West Virginia.
~ Outgoing Ship, DELTA, Sailing October 4, 1918 from port, Montreal, Canada, Sergeant Albert G. Jackson, 1559855, Company I, 150th Infantry, 38th Division, U. S. Army, World War I, Father, Henry S. Jackson of Wayne County, West Virginia.
~ Incoming Ship, S. S. LANCASTER, sailing 16 May 1919 from port, Basseus Dock, Bordeaux Area, Corporal, Albert G. Jackson, 1559855, Company H, 309th Infantry, Father, Henry S. Jackson of Wayne County, West Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942: Albert Gallatin Jackson, age 49, Born 28 December 1893 in Wayne County, West Virginia, 49 South Princeton Avenue, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, Phone Ra 9148, Signed April 27, 1942.
DATE OF DEATH: 22 March 1958 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
CEMETERY: Patrick Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia. HEADSTONE APPLICATION FOR MILITARY VETERANS FORM: Albert Gallaton Jackson, Signed by his son, William G. Jackson on May 11, 1958. Applicant, his wife, Ora Lee Jackson of 910 Mohawk Street, Columbus, Ohio. On front of card, “Company H, 309th Infantry, 78th Division.” On back of card, “Highest Grade, Sergeant, Company I, 150th Infantry, 38th Division, World War I.”
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Ohio Deaths. U. S. Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists. U. S. Headstone Application For Military Veterans. U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. West Virginia Birth Index.
JACKSON, OTTUS DAVIS (1891 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF DISEASE, PNEUMONIA, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Twelve Pole Road, Butler, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: 1040 6th Avenue, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 April 1891 in Echo, Wayne County, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Martha Ann Workman and Henry Stonewall Jackson.
GRANDPARENTS: Rebecca Davis and Henry Asbury Jackson.
GRANDPARENTS: Rebecca Bowen and Joseph P. Workman.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Nancy Osborn and Joseph Pleasant Workman.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Lucinda Lambert and Achilles M. C. Davis.
OCCUPATION: Private School Teacher, age 18 on the 1910 Census.
WORLD WAR I MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD SIGNED JUNE 5, 1917 IN CABELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA: Ottus Davis Jackson, age 26, born April 14, 1891 in Echo, Waynce County, West Virginia, address, 1040 6th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 12 October 1918, Died of Disease, Pneumonia, U. S. Army, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2715988.
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company A, 314th Infantry, 79th ‘Cross of Lorraine’ Division, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, LEVIATHAN, JULY 1918:
~ Outgoing Ship, LEVIATHAN, sailed July 8, 1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey, Company A, 314th Infantry, N. A., 79th Division, N. A., Ottus D. Jackson, 2715988, Corporal, Father, Henry S. Jackson, R. F. D. No. 2, Wayne, West Virginia.
LOG CABIN MEMORIAL, VETERANS 314TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, A. E. F.:
~ “September 20, 1918, Attack of Meuse – Argonne Operation.” ~ “September 26, 1918, The Taking of Montfaucon by James M. Cain.”
~ “October 12, 1918, 314th Infantry Regiment stationed in France.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 12 October 1918, Died of Disease, Pneumonia, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died of Disease, Pneumonia, U. S. Army, World War I.
REPATRIATED: Yes.
U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE PASSENGER LISTS, SHIP, U. S. A. T. WHEATON, 1921:
~ Incoming Ship, U. S. A. T. WHEATON, Departed Antwerp, Belgium on June 19, 1921, Arrived July 2, 1921 in Hoboken New Jersey, Corporal O. D. Jackson, 2715988, Company A, 314th Infantry Cable Number 121, Code Number 677.
CEMETERY: Patrick Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE: A Bronze Plaque / Tablet with names of the 314th Infantry Regiment. Company A, Jackson, Ottus D. Photographs and History on the website of Log Cabin Memorial, Veterans 314th Infantry Regiment, A. E. F., World War I.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Log Cabin Memorial, Veterans 314th Infantry Regiment, A. E. F.; 314th.org. 79th Division Summary Of Operations In The World War, Prepared By The American Battle monuments Commission, United States Government Printing Office, 1944. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 3, West Virginia Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c. 1920, page 411 and page 388 with photograph. U. S. Army Transport Service Passenger Lists. U. S. Veterans Administration Master Index. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia Birth Index. West Virginia Memory Project; wvculture.org.
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JOHNSON
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JOHNSON, CHARLES (1892 – 1918), U. S. ARMY, DIED OF WOUNDS, FRANCE, WORLD WAR I.
HOMETOWN: Whites Creek, Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 February 1892 at Whites Creek, West Virginia.
PARENTS: Mahala Ballengee and Harrison Johnson.
SPOUSE: Nona Rakes. Married 28 December 1915 in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD: Charlie Johnson, age 25 of Kenova, West Virginia, Occupation, Breakman, Norfolk & Western Rail Road Company, Signed June 5, 1917.
LOSS OF INFANT SON JOHNSON (1918 – 1918).
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: West Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 7 October 1918, Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1836404.
RANK: Corporal.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Battery C, 315th Field Artillery Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, U. S. Army, American Expeditionary Force, World War I.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: France, World War I.
DATE OF DEATH: 7 October 1918, France, World War I.
STATUS: Died of Wounds, France, World War I.
CEMETERY: St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, France, Plot A, Row 21, Grave 10.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: “while bringing ammunition in a wheelbarrow to the gun positions in ‘Gas Valley’, he was mortally wounded by an H. E. shell.” Source: West Virginia Memory Project. [NOTE: H. E. Was A High Explosive Shell.]
U. S. WORLD WAR I MOTHERS’ PILGRIMAGES, 1929:
~ Mrs. Mahala Johnson of 1621 Poplar Street, Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia, Mother of Charles Johnson, Corporal, Battery C, 315th F. A., St. Mihiel Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.
~ Mrs. Nona Johnson of R # 1, Kenova, West Virginia, Widow of Charles Johnson, Corporal, Battery C, 315th F. A., St. Mihiel Cemetery, Desires Pilgrimage in 1930.
MEMORIAL, A MEMORY STONE MARKER IN HONOR OF WORLD WAR I SOLDIER, CHARLES JOHNSON, HIS WIFE, NONA, AND THEIR INFANT SON: Docks Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia.
U. S. AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS:
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky County Marriage Records. Soldiers Of The Great War, Volume 1, 2, 3 Compiled By W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle, c, 1920. U. S. Headstone And Interment Records For U. S. Military Cemeteries On Foreign Soil. U. S. World War I Mothers’ Pilgrimage, 1929. West Virginia Birth Index. West Virginia Memory Project; archive.wvculture.org. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. World War I Honor Roll. WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Listings.
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